Fusion Of Performance Art And Social Dance

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

— Elie Wiesel

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

— Neil Gaiman

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

— C.S. Lewis

Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

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Category: Positive Effects

There are many positive effects and benefits to dancing, not the least of which is an improved sense of balance and a heightened ability to stay on your feet, even when moving erratically. These benefits can be physical, like those previously mentioned, but they can also be emotional or psychological too. Just as physical exercise causes the brain to release endorphins, so does dancing, and even a little bit of research will tell you that endorphins are the feel good neurotransmitter in the human brain. Today, let’s take a closer look at the positive effects of dancing and why it might be good for you.

These benefits to one’s mood and sense of satisfaction are obvious, but they are also only the short-term benefits. Over the long term, dancing will improve a person’s sense of discipline, as well as their memory. Discipline because different dances have different, very specific steps to them, and memory because people can grind dance routines into their long-term memory, just like musicians can learn how to play something and then remember how to play it after playing it several times, over and over again. Repetition and discipline are very closely linked together if you care to look that up.

Even if you do not reach some new apex every time that you dance, regular dancers take pride in the gains they make every day, which leads to an overall increase in satisfaction. That’s because working up a sweat and exercising regularly makes people feel good, even if the changes they are making are coming about so slowly that they can’t see their results immediately. It might take years to become great, but each and every step from poor to mediocre to good and beyond will leave a dancer feeling good about himself or herself.

Some childcare experts will tell you kids seek structure, but that’s really more of a human thing than just a child thing. All people hunger for structure, and all people benefit from developing regular routines they follow through with on a regular basis. You might think this would make things boring, but one of the best ways to develop a sense of wonder is to do the same thing over and over, then start looking for ways you can improve on your established routine. Yes, sticking with a routine for a while is good, but t shouldn’t become a permanent routine. Structure is good, but you should be open to change too.

Unless you’re doing the kind of “dancing” that people do while sitting around in their chairs listening to music and bobbing about, then the odds are good your dancing will probably qualify as aerobic exercise. Compared to anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise focuses more on activating more muscle groups in a given workout, rather than trying to isolate and strengthen specific muscles by using them heavily and repeatedly. Different dances will provide different benefits – more active dances, like the salsa, will lead to a higher number of calories burned over the span of an hour.